[huskerlug] Re: A funny thing happened on the desktop today...

Of course, those dyslexic middle fingers strike again. I should've checked,=
 what with this message going out to CS people and all. If anyone has been =
harmed by my mistaken typing, I hereby deny all responsibility and blame it=
 on my computer and keyboard. You'd think that a computer being binary in t=
he first place would have warned me. Besides; if you chop off a little of a=
n eight, it looks just like a three. Don't anyone get any ideas about chopp=
ing off any of my digits though. At my age, parts are falling off fast enou=
gh the way it is. Most of the hair is already gone.

> 1028? isn't it 1023? one less than 2^10th?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Kearney" <gkearney@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "HLUG Husker Linux Users Group" <huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 8:36 AM
> Subject: [huskerlug] Re: A funny thing happened on the desktop today...
> 
> 
> > Actually, I understand binary pretty well, and I even use it for counti=
ng
> o=3D
> > n my fingers. You can get all the way to 1028 decimal of course, which =
is
> e=3D
> > nough for almost any purpose. The thumb is the ones digit, index finger
> dec=3D
> > imal twos digit, ... etc. The problem is when I get to four or 128, peo=
ple
> =3D
> > think that I'm flipping them off, and of course at 132, I am flipping t=
hem
> =3D
> > off.
> >
> > > On Tuesday 17 June 2003 03:39 pm, you wrote:
> > > > Students are not really bright, that's why they're studying. The
> > > > problem is=3D3D3D that a lot of them are studying how to become an
> > > > alcoholic.Half the people=3D3D3D in the world are misinformed, half=
 are
> > > > idiots, half just don't care, and t=3D3D3D he other half is really =
poor
> > > > at math.
> > >
> > > Well, you know what they say, "There are 10 kinds of people, those
> who=3D3D=3D
> > 20
> > > understand binary and those who do not."
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > I was helping a student today at my desk at UNL.  I was showing
> > > > > him some physics stuff online with my Mandrake 9.0 workstation.
> > > > >
> > > > > Student: What operating system is that?  Is that Mac?
> > > > >
> > > > > Should I be worried?
> > > > > --
> > > > > Carl Lundstedt <clundst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > University of Nebraska
> > > > >
> > > > >
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